Real Slow News Day

After a well-documented love-affair followed by a 35-year separation, NASA and The Moon are rumoured to be contemplating getting back together.

Sources close to the pair, whose relationship began in the summer of 1969 but ended suddenly in 1972, claim NASA still harbours intense feelings for The Moon, and wants desperately to rekindle the relationship.

“It might have seemed like NASA moved on,“ a confidante told Real Slow News Day. “But really, The Moon was never far from NASA’s mind. You never forget your first, do you?”

Despite heavily-publicised photographs showing NASA and close friend, Mars, in close contact, it is believed NASA has quietly pledged a long-term commitment to The Moon, and, amid celebrations of their would-be 40th anniversary, apologised for recording over the video of their first meeting.

Neither side was willing to fuel speculation by commenting, although supporters in both camps are highly sceptical of the possible reunion.

“NASA’s eyes had a tendency to wander, you know?” a friend of The Moon said. “I mean, yeah, they were together, but there were ulterior motives. Don’t tell me you haven’t seen the way NASA is always looking beyond The Moon, always seeking a new conquest.”

Meanwhile, an unnamed friend of NASA has secretly expressed some concern about The Moon’s intentions, citing recent showy behaviour, and the huge level of interest shown by other foreign suitors, all of whom are reportedly smitten with the heavenly body.

“We know it, The Moon knows it – Russia, China, India – they all want to get inside her atmosphere. And let’s face it, honey, that’s not exactly difficult is it?”

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